Method for processing interrupt by virtualization platform, and related device

ABSTRACT

A method for processing an interrupt by a virtualization platform, and a related device, where the method includes determining an nth physical central processing unit (pCPU) from U target pCPUs when an ith physical interrupt occurs in a jth physical input/output device, setting the nth pCPU to process the ith physical interrupt, determining an ith virtual interrupt according to the ith physical interrupt, and determining an mth virtual central processing unit (vCPU) from V target vCPUs such that a kth virtual machine (VM) uses the mth vCPU to execute the ith virtual interrupt, where U, V, i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers while U and V are greater than or equal to 1.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Patent ApplicationNo. PCT/CN2014/080430, filed on Jun. 20, 2014, which is herebyincorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field ofcommunications technologies, and in particular, to a method forprocessing an interrupt by a virtualization platform, and a relateddevice.

BACKGROUND

A virtualization technology is a decoupling technology in which abottom-layer hardware device is separated from an upper-layer operatingsystem and application program. As one of important bottom-layertechnologies for supporting a currently popular cloud computingplatform, the virtualization technology may greatly improve resourceutilization of a physical device. Compared with a conventional physicalserver, a virtual machine (VM) has better performance in the terms ofisolation and encapsulation, and may save information of the whole VM ina virtual disk image (VDI), which may facilitate operations such as asnapshot, a backup, a clone, and distribution for the VM. An overhead isgenerated by virtualization, thereby causing that with a sameconfiguration, performance of a VM is poorer than performance of aphysical machine. How to effectively improve performance of a VM is aproblem that needs to be solved in this field.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for processing aninterrupt by a virtualization platform, and a related device, which canreduce impact of an interrupt overhead on a virtualization platform,thereby effectively improving performance of a VM.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a method for processing an interrupt by a virtualizationplatform, where the method is applied to a computing node. The computingnode includes a physical hardware layer, a host running at the physicalhardware layer, at least one VM running on the host, and virtualhardware that is virtualized on the at least one VM, where the physicalhardware layer includes X physical central processing units (pCPUs) andY physical input/output devices, the virtual hardware includes Z virtualcentral processing units (vCPUs), the Y physical input/output devicesinclude a j^(th) physical input/output device, the at least one VMincludes a k^(th) VM, and the j^(th) physical input/output devicedirects to the k^(th) VM, and the method is executed by the host, andthe method includes determining a n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs whenan i^(th) physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/outputdevice, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs,the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM andhave an affinity relationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, thei^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt,the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the Vtarget vCPUs, using the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, determining the i^(th) virtual interrupt according to thei^(th) physical interrupt, and determining a m^(th) vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thei^(th) virtual interrupt, where X, Y, and Z are positive integersgreater than 1, U is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 andless than or equal to X, V is a positive integer greater than or equalto 1 and less than or equal to Z, and i, j, k, m, and n are positiveintegers.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt are determined in the following manners. Determining theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt, determiningthe U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the U targetpCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determining the i^(th) physical interruptcorresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, and determining theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and the Utarget pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed bythe U target pCPUs.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt are determined in the following manners. Determining theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt, determiningthe U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the multipletarget pCPUs, and U is a positive integer greater than 1 and less thanor equal to X, determining the i^(th) physical interrupt correspondingto the i^(th) virtual interrupt, and determining the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and the U targetpCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed by the Utarget pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect,when the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt andthe U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinity relationship, determiningthe m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs includes determining whetherthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, and determining one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPUas the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, or determining one targetvCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to a prioritysequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect,determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU includes determining, according tovirtual interrupt route information, whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherethe virtual interrupt route information includes a correspondencebetween the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running on the U targetpCPUs.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a method for processing an interrupt by a virtualizationplatform, where the method is applied to a computing node. The computingnode includes a physical hardware layer, a host running at the physicalhardware layer, Y VMs running on the host, Y virtual host (vhost) kernelthreads running on the host, and virtual hardware that is virtualized onthe at least one VM, where the physical hardware layer includes X pCPUs,the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, each VM of the Y VMs includes aparavirtualized driver (virtio device), the Y VMs include the k^(th) VM,the k^(th) VM includes the i^(th) virtio device, and the i^(th) virtiodevice corresponds to the j^(th) vhost kernel thread of the Y vhostkernel threads, and the method is executed by the host, and the methodincludes determining the n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when the j^(th)vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhost thread, where the U targetpCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th)vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with avirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the XpCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V targetvCPUs, using the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) vhost thread,determining the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device accordingto the i^(th) vhost thread, and determining the m^(th) vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, U is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, V is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, and i, j, k, m,and n are positive integers.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device are determined in the following manners.Determining the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thei^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device, determining the U target pCPUs, where the Vtarget vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, and U is equal to 1,determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determining the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs,where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device are determined in the following manners.Determining the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where the V target vCPUsare vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determining the U targetpCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs,and U is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X,determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determining the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs,where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost threadand the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinity relationship,determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs includes determiningwhether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, and determining one target vCPU running on then^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, or determining onetarget vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to apriority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect,determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU includes determining, according tovirtual interrupt route information of a virtio device, whether there isat least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU, where the virtual interrupt route information of the virtio deviceincludes a correspondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUsrunning on the U target pCPUs.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a host, where the host is applied to a computing node. Thecomputing node includes a physical hardware layer, the host running atthe physical hardware layer, at least one VM running on the host, andvirtual hardware that is virtualized on the at least one VM, where thephysical hardware layer includes X pCPUs and Y physical input/outputdevices, the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, the Y physicalinput/output devices include the j^(th) physical input/output device,the at least one VM includes the k^(th) VM, and the j^(th) physicalinput/output device directs to the k^(th) VM, and the host includes afirst determining unit configured to determine the n^(th) pCPU from Utarget pCPUs when the i^(th) physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th)physical input/output device, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs thathave an affinity relationship with both the i^(th) physical interruptand V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, the i^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th)physical interrupt, the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the ZvCPUs include the V target vCPUs, a second invoking unit configured touse the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physical interrupt, a thirddetermining unit configured to determine the i^(th) virtual interruptaccording to the i^(th) physical interrupt, and a fourth determiningunit configured to determine the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUssuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th)virtual interrupt, where X, Y, and Z are positive integers greater than1, U is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to X, V is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and lessthan or equal to Z, and i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the first determining unit is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th)virtual interrupt, determine the U target pCPUs, where the V targetvCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determine thei^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt,and determine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the third aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the first determining unit is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th)virtual interrupt, determine the U target pCPUs, where the V targetvCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs, and U is a positive integergreater than 1 and less than or equal to X, determine the i^(th)physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, anddetermine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect,the fourth determining unit is further configured to determine whetherthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, and determine one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU asthe m^(th) vCPU such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to executethe i^(th) virtual interrupt when there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, or determine one targetvCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to a prioritysequence such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thei^(th) virtual interrupt when there is not at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect,in an aspect of determining whether there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the fourth determiningunit is further configured to determine, according to virtual interruptroute information, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, where the virtual interruptroute information includes a correspondence between the U target pCPUsand target vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a host, where the host is applied to a computing node. Thecomputing node includes a physical hardware layer, the host running atthe physical hardware layer, Y VMs running on the host, Y vhost kernelthreads running on the host, and virtual hardware that is virtualized onthe at least one VM, where the physical hardware layer includes X pCPUs,the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, X, Y, and Z are positive integersgreater than 1, each VM of the Y VMs includes a virtio device, the Y VMsinclude the k^(th) VM, the k^(th) VM includes the i^(th) virtio device,and the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the j^(th) vhost kernelthread of the Y vhost kernel threads, and the host includes a firstdetermining unit configured to determine the n^(th) pCPU from U targetpCPUs when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhostthread, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the Vtarget vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have anaffinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device corresponds tothe i^(th) vhost thread, the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and theZ vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, a second invoking unit configured touse the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) vhost thread, a thirddetermining unit configured to determine the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device according to the i^(th) vhost thread, and a fourthdetermining unit configured to determine the m^(th) vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, U is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, V is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, and i, j, k, m,and n are positive integers.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the first determining unit is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determine the U target pCPUs,where the V target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, and U is equalto 1, determine the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determine the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs,where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, the first determining unit is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determine the U target pCPUs,where the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs, and U isa positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X, determinethe i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device, and determine the affinity relationship betweenthe i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) vhostthread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thefourth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, the fourth determining unit is further configured to determinewhether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, and determine one target vCPU running on then^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device whenthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as them^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device when there is not at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the fourthaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fourth aspect,in an aspect of determining whether there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the fourth determiningunit is further configured to determine, according to virtual interruptroute information of a virtio device, whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherethe virtual interrupt route information of the virtio device includes acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a computing node, and the computing node includes Y physicalinput/output devices, where the Y physical input/output devices includethe j^(th) physical input/output device, X pCPUs, a memory that isconnected to each of the X pCPUs and each of the Y physical input/outputdevices, where one or more pCPUs of the X pCPUs are configured to invokeor execute an operation instruction stored in the memory, a host, atleast one VM, and virtual hardware that is virtualized on the at leastone VM, where the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, the at least one VMincludes the k^(th) VM, and the j^(th) physical input/output devicedirects to the k^(th) VM, and the host is configured to determine then^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when the i^(th) physical interruptoccurs in the j^(th) physical input/output device, where the U targetpCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th)physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs thatare virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship withthe i^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th) virtual interrupt correspondsto the i^(th) physical interrupt, the X pCPUs include the U targetpCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, where U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, and V isa positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal toZ, use the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physical interrupt,determine the i^(th) virtual interrupt according to the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, and determine the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs suchthat the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, where i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, the host is further configured to determinethe affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th)physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt in the following manners.Determining the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thei^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, determining the U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs canrun on the U target pCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determining the i^(th)physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, anddetermining the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the fifth aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the fifth aspect, the host is further configured to determinethe affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th)physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt in the following manners.Determining the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thei^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, determining the U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs canrun on the multiple target pCPUs, and U is a positive integer greaterthan 1 and less than or equal to X, determining the i^(th) physicalinterrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, and determiningthe affinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and theU target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed bythe U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the fifthaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect,in an aspect of determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs, thehost is further configured to determine whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, anddetermine one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPUwhen there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runson the n^(th) pCPU, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUsas the m^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence when there is not atleast one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the fifthaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the fifth aspect,in an aspect of determining whether there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the host is furtherconfigured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, where the virtual interrupt routeinformation includes a correspondence between the U target pCPUs andtarget vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a computing node, and the computing node includes X pCPUs, amemory that is connected to the X pCPUs, where one or more pCPUs of theX pCPUs are configured to invoke or execute an operation instructionstored in the memory, a host, Y VMs, Y vhost kernel threads, and virtualhardware that is virtualized on the at least one VM, where the virtualhardware includes Z vCPUs, each VM of the Y VMs includes a virtiodevice, the Y VMs include the k^(th) VM, the k^(th) VM includes thei^(th) virtio device, and the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to thej^(th) vhost kernel thread of the Y vhost kernel threads, and the hostis configured to determine the n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when thej^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhost thread, where the Utarget pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both thei^(th) vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUsthat are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationshipwith a virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhostthread, the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs includethe V target vCPUs, where U is a positive integer greater than or equalto 1 and less than or equal to X, and V is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, use the n^(th) pCPU toprocess the i^(th) vhost thread, determine the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device according to the i^(th) vhost thread, and determinethe m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses them^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, where X, Y, and Z are positive integers greater than 1, U is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X,V is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to Z, and i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the host is further configured to determinethe affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th)vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs andthe V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device in thefollowing manners. Determining the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VMand can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,determining the U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on theU target pCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determining the i^(th) vhost threadcorresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, anddetermining the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost threadand the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processedby the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the host is further configured to determinethe affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th)vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs andthe V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device in thefollowing manners. Determining the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VMand can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,determining the U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on themultiple target pCPUs, and U is a positive integer greater than 1 andless than or equal to X, determining the i^(th) vhost threadcorresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, anddetermining the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost threadand the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processedby the U target pCPUs.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect,in an aspect of determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs, thehost is further configured to determine whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, anddetermine one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPUwhen there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runson the n^(th) pCPU, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUsas the m^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence when there is not atleast one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the sixthaspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the sixth aspect,in an aspect of determining whether there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the host is furtherconfigured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation of a virtio device, whether there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, where thevirtual interrupt route information of the virtio device includes acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs.

In one aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, when thei^(th) physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/outputdevice, the n^(th) pCPU is determined from U target pCPUs, where the Utarget pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both thei^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinityrelationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th) virtualinterrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt, the X pCPUsinclude the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs,the n^(th) pCPU is used to process the i^(th) physical interrupt, thei^(th) virtual interrupt is determined according to the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the V target vCPUssuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th)virtual interrupt. It can be seen that according to the foregoingtechnical solution, VM exit (VM-Exit) due to an extra inter-processorinterrupt (IPI) that is caused because a pCPU with which a vCPU has anaffinity is not a pCPU that is used to process a physical interruptcorresponding to a virtual interrupt that is processed by the vCPU canbe effectively avoided, thereby effectively reducing the number of timesof context switches, and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

In another aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, when thej^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhost thread, the n^(th)pCPU is determined from U target pCPUs, where the U target pCPUs arepCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhostthread and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with avirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the XpCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V targetvCPUs, the n^(th) pCPU is used to process the i^(th) vhost thread, thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device is determined according tothe i^(th) vhost thread, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device. It can be seen thataccording to the foregoing technical solution, VM-Exit due to an extraIPI that is caused because a pCPU with which a vCPU has an affinity isnot a pCPU that is used to process a physical interrupt corresponding toa virtual interrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be effectivelyavoided, thereby effectively reducing the number of times of contextswitches, and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

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To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces theaccompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. The accompanying drawings in the followingdescription show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, anda person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawingsfrom these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a direct mode;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a front-back end mode;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing an interruptby a virtualization platform according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt, a physical interrupt, a vCPU, and a pCPU according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt, a physical interrupt, a vCPU, and a pCPU according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of another method for processing aninterrupt by a virtualization platform according to the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, a vhost thread, a vCPU, and a pCPUaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is another schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, a vhost thread, a vCPU, and a pCPUaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a host according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of another host according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a computing node according toan embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another computing nodeaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

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The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The describedembodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure.

For ease of understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure,several elements that may be introduced for describing the embodimentsof the present disclosure are described herein first.

VM: One or more computing nodes may be simulated on one physicalcomputing node using VM software, where the physical computing node maybe a server, a desktop computer, a portable computer, or the like. Asimulated computing node is referred to as a VM. The physical computingnode is referred to as a host. The VM may operate like a real computingnode. An operating system and an application program may be installed onthe VM. The VM may also access a network resource. Operating systemsrunning on the VM are collectively referred to as a virtual operatingsystem. A program runs in the virtual operating system like running inan operating system of a real computing node. Virtual hardware mayfurther be virtualized on the VM. Further, the virtualization isimplemented by virtualizing virtual hardware, such as a vCPU, on the VMby the host. The vCPU is used to process a program running in the VM.One or more vCPUs may correspond to one central processing unit (CPU) ina physical computing node. A CPU in the physical computing node may bereferred to as a pCPU. A pCPU may have a guest state and a host state.The pCPU is in the guest state when the VM is running. Due to a specialinstruction or an external interrupt, the pCPU may switch from the gueststate to the host state. This process may be referred to as VM-Exit.

An implementation manner of a virtual device may include a direct modeand a front-back end mode.

Direct mode: The direct mode, which may also be referred to as apassthrough mode, means that a host provides device isolation for aparticular VM such that a particular physical input/output device can beexclusively used by the particular VM. In the direct mode, if a pCPUcorresponding to a vCPU that processes a virtual interrupt is notconsistent with a pCPU that processes a physical interrupt correspondingto the virtual interrupt, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI is caused.

Front-back end mode: The front-back end (split driver) mode means that avirtual device driver is implemented by cooperation of a front-enddriver and a back-end driver, where the front-end driver is in a VM andthe back-end driver is in a host. The front-end driver and the back-enddriver perform data transmission in a memory sharing manner. Comparedwith a device that is simulated using only software, the front-back enddriving mode has a higher level of abstraction and better performance.In the front-back end mode, each VM has a device that uses a virtiodevice. Each virtio device has a corresponding vhost kernel thread, andthe vhost kernel thread runs in a host. A vhost kernel thread is used toprocess a packet of a corresponding virtio device. In the front-back endmode, if a pCPU corresponding to a vCPU that is used to process avirtual interrupt of a virtio device is not consistent with a pCPU thatis used to process a vhost thread corresponding to the virtual interruptof the virtio device, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI is caused.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a direct mode. As shown in FIG. 1, in acomputing node 100, a first VM 101 may exclusively occupy a firstphysical input/output device 111, and a second VM 102 may exclusivelyoccupy a second physical input/output device 112. The computing node 100further includes a host. A method shown in FIG. 3 may be applied to a VMthat uses the direct mode shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a front-back end mode. As shown in FIG.2, a first virtio device 211 in a computing node 200 corresponds to afirst vhost thread 212, and a second virtio device 221 in the computingnode 200 corresponds to a second vhost thread 222, where the firstvirtio device is a virtio device in a first VM, and the second virtiodevice is a virtio device in a second VM. The computing node 200 furtherincludes a host. A method shown in FIG. 6 may be applied to a VM thatuses the front-back end mode shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for processing an interruptby a virtualization platform according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The method is applied to a computing node. The computingnode includes a physical hardware layer, a host running at the physicalhardware layer, at least one VM running on the host, and virtualhardware that is virtualized on the at least one VM, where the physicalhardware layer includes X pCPUs and Y physical input/output devices, thevirtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, X, Y, and Z are positive integersgreater than 1, the Y physical input/output devices include a j^(th)physical input/output device, the at least one VM includes an k^(th) VM,and the j^(th) physical input/output device directs to the k^(th) VM,and the method is executed by the host.

Step 301: Determine an n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when an i^(th)physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/output device,where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationshipwith both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, the V targetvCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have anaffinity relationship with an i^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th)virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt, the XpCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V targetvCPUs, where U is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and lessthan or equal to X, and V is a positive integer greater than or equal to1 and less than or equal to Z.

Step 302: Use the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physical interrupt.

Step 303: Determine the i^(th) virtual interrupt according to the i^(th)physical interrupt.

Step 304: Determine an m^(th) vCPU from V target vCPUs such that thek^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt,where i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

It can be seen that, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, then^(th) pCPU is determined from U target pCPUs when the i^(th) physicalinterrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/output device, where the Utarget pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both thei^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinityrelationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th) virtualinterrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt, the X pCPUsinclude the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs,the n^(th) pCPU is used to process the i^(th) physical interrupt, thei^(th) virtual interrupt is determined according to the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the V target vCPUssuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th)virtual interrupt. Therefore, according to the method in this embodimentof the present disclosure, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is causedbecause a pCPU with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU that isused to process a physical interrupt corresponding to a virtualinterrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided,thereby effectively reducing the number of times of context switches,and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

The host may implement, using a VM manage program, the method shown inFIG. 3. The VM manage program may also be referred to as a VM monitor(VMM) or a hypervisor. A typical VMM is VMware ESX, XEN, KVM/Qemu, orthe like.

Further, that a pCPU has an affinity relationship with a physicalinterrupt indicates that the pCPU can process the physical interrupt.That a vCPU has an affinity relationship with a virtual interruptindicates that the vCPU can process the virtual interrupt. That a pCPUhas an affinity relationship with a vCPU indicates that the vCPU can runon the pCPU. Therefore, the n^(th) pCPU is determined from the U targetpCPUs according to the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the i^(th) physical interrupt.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt are determined in the following manners, Determining theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(h) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt, determiningthe U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the U targetpCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determining the i^(th) physical interruptcorresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, and determining theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and the Utarget pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed bythe U target pCPUs. The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt may bepreset and stored, and then when a physical interrupt occurs, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to the storedaffinity relationships to process the physical interrupt and a virtualinterrupt, or when the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt are set, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to these affinityrelationships to process a corresponding physical interrupt and virtualinterrupt. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thei^(th) virtual interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) physical interruptruns on the n^(th) pCPU that processes the i^(th) physical interruptwhen the i^(th) physical interrupt occurs.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt are determined in the following manners. Determining theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt, determiningthe U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the multipletarget pCPUs, and U is a positive integer greater than 1 and less thanor equal to X, determining the i^(th) physical interrupt correspondingto the i^(th) virtual interrupt, and determining the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and the U targetpCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed by the Utarget pCPUs. The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs andthe i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt may bepreset and stored, and then when a physical interrupt occurs, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to the storedaffinity relationships to process the physical interrupt and a virtualinterrupt, or when the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUsand the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt are set, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to these affinityrelationships to process a corresponding physical interrupt and virtualinterrupt. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thei^(th) virtual interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) physical interruptruns on a limited number of determined pCPUs instead of running on anypCPU at the physical hardware layer when the i^(th) physical interruptoccurs, and may run on the n^(th) pCPU that processes the i^(th)physical interrupt.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs(in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th)physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinityrelationship), determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUsincludes determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, and determining one targetvCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is atleast one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU, or determining one target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as them^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence when there is not at leastone target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU. Inthis case, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because a pCPU onwhich a vCPU runs is different from a pCPU that processes a physicalinterrupt may not occur if a vCPU that is used to process a virtualinterrupt runs on a pCPU that is used to process a physical interrupt.The priority sequence may be preset priorities of the V target vCPUs.Selection of the priorities may also be determined using a round-robinpolicy, to ensure that a probability of selecting each target vCPU isthe same.

Further, determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU includes determining,according to virtual interrupt route information, whether there is atleast one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU, where the virtual interrupt route information includes acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs. In this way, the host can easily and quicklydetermine whether the m^(th) vCPU runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt, a physical interrupt, a vCPU, and a pCPU according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, the firstphysical interrupt corresponds to the first virtual interrupt. The firstvirtual interrupt has an affinity relationship with the fourth vCPU. Thefourth vCPU has an affinity relationship with the third pCPU. In thiscase, the third pCPU may be bound to the first physical interrupt suchthat the two have an affinity relationship. The third pCPU may processthe first physical interrupt when the first physical interrupt occurs.Then, the first virtual interrupt that corresponds to the first physicalinterrupt and a vCPU that is used to process the first virtual interruptare found. The fourth vCPU may be directly used to process the firstvirtual interrupt that corresponds to the first physical interrupt whenthe fourth vCPU runs on the third pCPU. In this way, VM-Exit due to anextra IPI that is caused because a pCPU on which a vCPU runs isdifferent from a pCPU in which a physical interrupt occurs may notoccur.

FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt, a physical interrupt, a vCPU, and a pCPU according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the firstphysical interrupt corresponds to the first virtual interrupt. Thefourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU have an affinity relationship with boththe third pCPU and the fourth pCPU. In other words, the fourth vCPU andthe fifth vCPU may run on the third pCPU, or may run on the fourth pCPU.For example, at a first moment, the fourth vCPU runs on the third pCPUand the fifth vCPU runs on the fourth pCPU. At a second moment, thefourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU may simultaneously run on the third pCPU.In addition, the fourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU have an affinityrelationship with the first virtual interrupt. That is, the firstvirtual interrupt may be processed by the fourth vCPU or the fifth vCPU.In this case, the third pCPU and the fourth pCPU may be both bound tothe first physical interrupt such that the two have an affinityrelationship. A host may select a pCPU from the third pCPU and thefourth pCPU to process the first physical interrupt when the firstphysical interrupt occurs. Then, the host finds the first virtualinterrupt that corresponds to the first physical interrupt and a vCPUthat is used to process the first virtual interrupt, and uses the vCPUto process the first virtual interrupt. A vCPU that is used to process avirtual interrupt may run on a pCPU that is used to process a physicalinterrupt. Therefore, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused becausea pCPU on which a vCPU runs is different from a pCPU in which a physicalinterrupt occurs may not occur.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of another method for processing aninterrupt by a virtualization platform according to the presentdisclosure. The method shown in FIG. 6 may be applied to a computingnode. The computing node includes a physical hardware layer, a hostrunning at the physical hardware layer, Y VMs running on the host, Yvhost kernel threads running on the host, and virtual hardware that isvirtualized on the at least one VM, where the physical hardware layerincludes X pCPUs, the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, each VM of the Y VMs includes a virtiodevice, the Y VMs include the k^(th) VM, the k^(th) VM includes ani^(th) virtio device, and the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to anj^(th) vhost kernel thread of the Y vhost kernel threads, and the methodis executed by the host.

Step 601: Determine the n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when the j^(th)vhost kernel thread triggers an i^(th) vhost thread, where the U targetpCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th)vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with avirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the XpCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V targetvCPUs, where U is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and lessthan or equal to X, and V is a positive integer greater than or equal to1 and less than or equal to Z.

Step 602: Use the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) vhost thread.

Step 603: Determine the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio deviceaccording to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Step 604: Determine the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs such thatthe k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device, where i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, when the j^(th) vhostkernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhost thread, the n^(th) pCPU isdetermined from U target pCPUs, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs thathave an affinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and Vtarget vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on thek^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with a virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the X pCPUs include the Utarget pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, the n^(th)pCPU is used to process the i^(th) vhost thread, the virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device is determined according to the i^(th) vhostthread, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the V target vCPUs suchthat the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device. It can be seen that according to theforegoing technical solution, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is causedbecause a pCPU with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU that isused to process a vhost thread corresponding to a virtual interrupt of avirtio device that is processed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided,thereby effectively reducing the number of times of context switches,and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

The host may implement, using a VM manage program, the method shown inFIG. 6. The VM manage program may also be referred to as a VMM or ahypervisor. A typical VMM is VMware ESX, XEN, KVM/Qemu, or the like.

Further, that a pCPU has an affinity relationship with a vhost threadindicates that the pCPU can process the vhost thread. That a vCPU has anaffinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of a virtio deviceindicates that the vCPU can process the virtual interrupt of the virtiodevice. That a pCPU has an affinity relationship with a vCPU indicatesthat the vCPU can run on the pCPU. Therefore, the n^(th) pCPU isdetermined from the U target pCPUs according to the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device are determined in the following manners.Determining the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where the V target vCPUsare vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determining the U targetpCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, and U isequal to 1, determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determining theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U targetpCPUs, where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U targetpCPUs. The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and thei^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between theV target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device maybe preset and stored, and then when a vhost thread occurs, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to the storedaffinity relationships to process the vhost thread and a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, or when the affinity relationship betweenthe U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device are set, a corresponding pCPU andvCPU may be found according to these affinity relationships to process acorresponding vhost thread and a corresponding virtual interrupt of avirtio device. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on the n^(th) pCPUthat processes the i^(th) vhost thread when the i^(th) vhost threadoccurs, where the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicecorresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device are determined in the following manners determiningthe affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determining the U target pCPUs,where the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs, and U isa positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X,determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determining the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs,where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th)vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs andthe V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device may bepreset and stored, and then when a vhost thread occurs, a correspondingpCPU and vCPU may be found according to the stored affinityrelationships to process the vhost thread and a virtual interrupt of avirtio device, or when the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between theU target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device are set, a corresponding pCPU and vCPU may be foundaccording to these affinity relationships to process a correspondingvhost thread and a corresponding virtual interrupt of a virtio device.In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on a limited number ofdetermined pCPUs instead of running on any pCPU at the physical hardwarelayer when the i^(th) vhost thread occurs, and may run on the n^(th)pCPU that processes the i^(th) vhost thread, where the virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs(in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhostthread and the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinity relationship),determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs includes determiningwhether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, and determining one target vCPU running on then^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, or determining onetarget vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to apriority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU. In this case, if a vCPU thatis used to process a virtual interrupt of a virtio device runs on a pCPUthat is used to process a vhost thread, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI thatis caused because a pCPU on which a vCPU runs is different from a pCPUthat processes a vhost thread may not occur. The priority sequence maybe preset priorities of the V target vCPUs. Selection of the prioritiesmay also be determined using a round-robin policy, to ensure that aprobability of selecting each target vCPU is the same.

Further, determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU includes determining,according to virtual interrupt route information of a virtio device,whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, where the virtual interrupt route informationof the virtio device includes a correspondence between the U targetpCPUs and target vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs. In this way, thehost can easily and quickly determine whether the m^(th) vCPU runs onthe n^(th) pCPU.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, a vhost thread, a vCPU, and a pCPUaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.7, the first vhost thread corresponds to a virtual interrupt of thefirst virtio device. The fourth vCPU has an affinity relationship withthe virtual interrupt of the first virtio device. The third pCPU has anaffinity relationship with the fourth vCPU. In this case, the firstvhost thread may be bound to the third pCPU such that the two have anaffinity relationship. The third pCPU may process the first vhost threadwhen the first vhost thread occurs. Then, the virtual interrupt of thefirst virtio device and a vCPU that is used to process the virtualinterrupt of the first virtio device are found, where the virtualinterrupt of the first virtio device corresponds to the first vhostthread. The fourth vCPU may be directly used to process the virtualinterrupt of the first virtio device when the fourth vCPU runs on thethird pCPU, where the virtual interrupt of the first virtio devicecorresponds to the first vhost thread. In this way, VM-Exit due to anextra IPI that is caused because a pCPU on which a vCPU runs isdifferent from a pCPU in which a vhost thread occurs may not occur.

FIG. 8 is another schematic diagram of a correspondence among a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, a vhost thread, a vCPU, and a pCPUaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.8, the first vhost thread corresponds to a virtual interrupt of thefirst virtio device. The third pCPU and the fourth pCPU have an affinityrelationship with both the fourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU. In otherwords, the fourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU may run on the third pCPU, ormay run on the fourth pCPU. For example, at a first moment, the fourthvCPU runs on the third pCPU and the fifth vCPU runs on the fourth pCPU.At a second moment, the fourth vCPU and the fifth vCPU maysimultaneously run on the third pCPU. In addition, the fourth vCPU andthe fifth vCPU have an affinity relationship with the virtual interruptof the first virtio device. That is, the virtual interrupt of the firstvirtio device may be processed by the fourth vCPU or the fifth vCPU. Inthis case, the third pCPU and the fourth pCPU may be both bound to thefirst vhost thread such that the two have an affinity relationship.Then, a host may select a pCPU from the third pCPU and the fourth pCPUto process the first vhost thread when the first vhost thread occurs.Then, the host finds the virtual interrupt of the first virtio deviceand a vCPU that is used to process the virtual interrupt of the firstvirtio device, and uses the vCPU to process the virtual interrupt of thefirst virtio device, where the virtual interrupt of the first virtiodevice corresponds to the first vhost thread. A vCPU that is used toprocess a virtual interrupt of a virtio device may run on a pCPU that isused to process a vhost thread. Therefore, VM-Exit due to an extra IPIthat is caused because a pCPU on which a vCPU runs is different from apCPU in which a vhost thread occurs may not occur.

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a host according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. A host 900 shown in FIG. 9 canexecute all steps shown in FIG. 3. Further, the host 900 is applied to acomputing node. The computing node includes a physical hardware layer,the host 900 running at the physical hardware layer, at least one VMrunning on the host 900, and virtual hardware that is virtualized on theat least one VM, where the physical hardware layer includes X pCPUs andY physical input/output devices, the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs,X, Y, and Z are positive integers greater than 1, the Y physicalinput/output devices include the j^(th) physical input/output device,the at least one VM includes the k^(th) VM, and the j^(th) physicalinput/output device directs to the k^(th) VM, and the host 900 includesa first determining unit 901, a second invoking unit 902, a thirddetermining unit 903, and a fourth determining unit 904.

The first determining unit 901 is configured to determine the n^(th)pCPU from U target pCPUs when the i^(th) physical interrupt occurs inthe j^(th) physical input/output device, where the U target pCPUs arepCPUs that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with thei^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds tothe i^(th) physical interrupt, the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs,and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, where U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, and V isa positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal toZ.

The second invoking unit 902 is configured to use the n^(th) pCPU toprocess the i^(th) physical interrupt.

The third determining unit 903 is configured to determine the i^(th)virtual interrupt according to the i^(th) physical interrupt.

The fourth determining unit 904 is configured to determine the m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where i, j, k, m, and nare positive integers.

It can be seen that, according to the host 900 in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure, when the i^(th) physical interrupt occurs in thej^(th) physical input/output device, the n^(th) pCPU is determined fromU target pCPUs, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs,the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM andhave an affinity relationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, thei^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt,the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the Vtarget vCPUs, the n^(th) pCPU is used to process the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the i^(th) virtual interrupt is determined according to thei^(th) physical interrupt, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thei^(th) virtual interrupt. Therefore, according to the host 900 shown inFIG. 9, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because a pCPU withwhich a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU that is used to process aphysical interrupt corresponding to a virtual interrupt that isprocessed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided, thereby effectivelyreducing the number of times of context switches, and reducinginterference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the first determining unit 901 is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th)virtual interrupt, determine the U target pCPUs, where the V targetvCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, and U is equal to 1, determine thei^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt,and determine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs. In this way, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and theV target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUsand the i^(th) virtual interrupt may be determined. In this case, them^(th) vCPU that is used to process the i^(th) virtual interruptcorresponding to the i^(th) physical interrupt runs on the n^(th) pCPUthat processes the i^(th) physical interrupt when the i^(th) physicalinterrupt occurs.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the first determining unit 901 isfurther configured to determine the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUsare vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process thei^(th) virtual interrupt, determine the U target pCPUs, where the Vtarget vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs, and U is a positiveinteger greater than 1 and less than or equal to X, determine the i^(th)physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt, anddetermine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, where the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs. In this way, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and theV target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUsand the i^(th) virtual interrupt may be determined. In this case, whenthe i^(th) physical interrupt occurs, the m^(th) vCPU that is used toprocess the i^(th) virtual interrupt corresponding to the i^(th)physical interrupt runs on a limited number of determined pCPUs insteadof running on any pCPU at the physical hardware layer, and may run onthe n^(th) pCPU that processes the i^(th) physical interrupt.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs(in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th)physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinityrelationship), the fourth determining unit 904 is further configured todetermine whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, and determine one target vCPUrunning on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt when thereis at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as them^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt when thereis not at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU. In this case, if a vCPU that is used to process a virtualinterrupt runs on a pCPU that is used to process a physical interrupt,VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because a pCPU on which avCPU runs is different from a pCPU in which a physical interrupt occursmay not occur. The priority sequence may be preset priorities of the Vtarget vCPUs. Selection of the priorities may also be determined using around-robin policy, to ensure that a probability of selecting eachtarget vCPU is the same. Therefore, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that iscaused because a pCPU with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPUthat is used to process a physical interrupt corresponding to a virtualinterrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be avoided to a greatestextent, thereby effectively reducing the number of times of contextswitches, and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

Further, in an aspect of determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, thefourth determining unit 904 is further configured to determine,according to virtual interrupt route information, whether there is atleast one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU, where the virtual interrupt route information includes acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs. In this way, the host 900 can easily and quicklydetermine whether the m^(th) vCPU runs on the n^(th) pCPU.

FIG. 10 is a structural block diagram of another host according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. A host 1000 shown in FIG. 10 canexecute all steps shown in FIG. 6. The host 1000 is applied to acomputing node. The computing node includes a physical hardware layer,the host 1000 running at the physical hardware layer, Y VMs running onthe host 1000, Y vhost kernel threads running on the host 1000, andvirtual hardware that is virtualized on the at least one VM, where thephysical hardware layer includes X pCPUs, the virtual hardware includesZ vCPUs, X, Y, and Z are positive integers greater than 1, each VM ofthe Y VMs includes a paravirtualized driver virtio device, the Y VMsinclude the k^(th) VM, the k^(th) VM includes the i^(th) virtio device,and the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the j^(th) vhost kernelthread of the Y vhost kernel threads, and the host 1000 includes a firstdetermining unit 1001, a second invoking unit 1002, a third determiningunit 1003, and a fourth determining unit 1004.

The first determining unit 1001 is configured to determine the n^(th)pCPU from U target pCPUs when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggersthe i^(th) vhost thread, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have anaffinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V targetvCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and have an affinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicecorresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the X pCPUs include the U targetpCPUs, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, where U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, and V isa positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal toZ.

The second invoking unit 1002 is configured to use the n^(th) pCPU toprocess the i^(th) vhost thread.

The third determining unit 1003 is configured to determine the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device according to the i^(th) vhostthread.

The fourth determining unit 1004 is configured to determine the m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, wherei, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

It can be seen that, according to the host provided in this embodimentof the present disclosure, the n^(th) pCPU is determined from U targetpCPUs when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th) vhostthread, where the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the Vtarget vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have anaffinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device corresponds tothe i^(th) vhost thread, the X pCPUs include the U target pCPUs, and theZ vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, the n^(th) pCPU is used to processthe i^(th) vhost thread, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice is determined according to the i^(th) vhost thread, and them^(th) vCPU is determined from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th)VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device. Therefore, according to the host 1000 shown in FIG. 10,VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because a pCPU with which avCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU that is used to process a vhostthread corresponding to a virtual interrupt of a virtio device that isprocessed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided, thereby effectivelyreducing the number of times of context switches, and reducinginterference caused by a VM to a pCPU.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the first determining unit 1001 is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where the Vtarget vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and canprocess the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, determine theU target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs,and U is equal to 1, determine the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding tothe virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determine theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U targetpCPUs, where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U targetpCPUs. The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and thei^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between theV target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device maybe preset and stored, and then when a vhost thread occurs, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to the storedaffinity relationships to process the vhost thread and a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, or when the affinity relationship betweenthe U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device are set, a corresponding pCPU andvCPU may be found according to these affinity relationships to process acorresponding vhost thread and a corresponding virtual interrupt of avirtio device. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on the n^(th) pCPUthat processes the i^(th) vhost thread when the i^(th) vhost threadoccurs, where the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicecorresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the first determining unit 1001 isfurther configured to determine the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VMand can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,determine the U target pCPUs, where the V target vCPUs can run on themultiple target pCPUs, and U is a positive integer greater than 1 andless than or equal to X, determine the i^(th) vhost thread correspondingto the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, and determine theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U targetpCPUs, where the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U targetpCPUs. The affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and thei^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between theV target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device maybe preset and stored, and then when a vhost thread occurs, acorresponding pCPU and vCPU may be found according to the storedaffinity relationships to process the vhost thread and a virtualinterrupt of a virtio device, or when the affinity relationship betweenthe U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device are set, a corresponding pCPU andvCPU may be found according to these affinity relationships to process acorresponding vhost thread and a corresponding virtual interrupt of avirtio device. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on a limited numberof determined pCPUs instead of running on any pCPU at the physicalhardware layer when the i^(th) vhost thread occurs, and may run on then^(th) pCPU that processes the i^(th) vhost thread, where the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhostthread.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs(in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhostthread and the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinity relationship),the fourth determining unit 1004 is further configured to determinewhether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, and determine one target vCPU running on then^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device whenthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as them^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device when there is not at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU. In this case, VM-Exit due to anextra IPI that is caused because a pCPU on which a vCPU runs isdifferent from a pCPU that processes a vhost thread may not occur if avCPU that is used to process a virtual interrupt of a virtio device runson a pCPU that is used to process a vhost thread. The priority sequencemay be preset priorities of the V target vCPUs. Selection of thepriorities may also be determined using a round-robin policy, to ensurethat a probability of selecting each target vCPU is the same. Therefore,VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because a pCPU with which avCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU that is used to process a physicalinterrupt corresponding to a virtual interrupt that is processed by thevCPU can be avoided to a greatest extent, thereby effectively reducingthe number of times of context switches, and reducing interferencecaused by a VM to a pCPU.

Further, in an aspect of determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, thefourth determining unit 1004 is further configured to determine,according to virtual interrupt route information of a virtio device,whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, where the virtual interrupt route informationof the virtio device includes a correspondence between the U targetpCPUs and target vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs. In this way, thehost 1000 can easily and quickly determine whether the m^(th) vCPU runson the n^(th) pCPU.

FIG. 11 is a structural block diagram of a computing node according toan embodiment of the present disclosure. The computing node 1100 shownin FIG. 11 can execute all steps shown in FIG. 3. The computing node1100 includes Y physical input/output devices 1102, where the Y physicalinput/output devices 1102 include the j^(th) physical input/outputdevice 1102, X pCPUs 1101, a memory 1103 that is connected to each ofthe X pCPUs 1101 and each of the Y physical input/output devices 1102,where one or more pCPUs of the X pCPUs 1101 are configured to invoke orexecute an operation instruction stored in the memory 1103, a host, atleast one VM, and virtual hardware that is virtualized on the at leastone VM, where the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, the at least one VMincludes the k^(th) VM, and the j^(th) physical input/output device 1102directs to the k^(th) VM, and the host is configured to determine then^(th) pCPU 1101 from U target pCPUs 1101 when the i^(th) physicalinterrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/output device 1102, wherethe U target pCPUs 1101 are pCPUs 1101 that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs,the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM andhave an affinity relationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, thei^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt,the X pCPUs 1101 include the U target pCPUs 1101, and the Z vCPUsinclude the V target vCPUs, use the n^(th) pCPU 1101 to process thei^(th) physical interrupt, determine the i^(th) virtual interruptaccording to the i^(th) physical interrupt, and determine the m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, U is a positive integer greater thanor equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, V is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, and i, j, k, m,and n are positive integers.

It can be seen that, according to the computing node 1100 in thisembodiment of the present disclosure, when the i^(th) physical interruptoccurs in the j^(th) physical input/output device 1102, the n^(th) pCPU1101 is determined from U target pCPUs 1101, where the U target pCPUs1101 are pCPUs 1101 that have an affinity relationship with both thei^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinityrelationship with the i^(th) virtual interrupt, the i^(th) virtualinterrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt, the X pCPUs 1101include the U target pCPUs 1101, and the Z vCPUs include the V targetvCPUs, the n^(th) pCPU 1101 is used to process the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the i^(th) virtual interrupt is determined according to thei^(th) physical interrupt, and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the Vtarget vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thei^(th) virtual interrupt. Therefore, according to the computing node1100 shown in FIG. 11, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is causedbecause a pCPU 1101 with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU 1101that is used to process a physical interrupt corresponding to a virtualinterrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided,thereby effectively reducing the number of times of context switches,and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU 1101.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the host is further configured todetermine the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 andthe i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs 1101 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt in thefollowing manners. Determining the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUsare vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process thei^(th) virtual interrupt, determining the U target pCPUs 1101, where theV target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs 1101, and U is equal to 1,determining the i^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th)virtual interrupt, and determining the affinity relationship between thei^(th) physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs 1101, where the i^(th)physical interrupt can be processed by the U target pCPUs 1101. Theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 and the i^(th)physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs1101 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt may be preset and stored,and then when a physical interrupt occurs, a corresponding pCPU 1101 andvCPU may be found according to the stored affinity relationships toprocess the physical interrupt and a virtual interrupt, or when theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 and the i^(th)physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs1101 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt are set, a correspondingpCPU 1101 and vCPU may be found according to these affinityrelationships to process a corresponding physical interrupt and virtualinterrupt. In this case, when the i^(th) physical interrupt occurs, them^(th) vCPU that is used to process the i^(th) virtual interruptcorresponding to the i^(th) physical interrupt runs on the n^(th) pCPU1101 that processes the i^(th) physical interrupt.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the host is further configured todetermine the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 andthe i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs 1101 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt in thefollowing manners determining the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, where the V target vCPUsare vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process thei^(th) virtual interrupt, determining the U target pCPUs 1101, where theV target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs 1101, and U is apositive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X, determiningthe i^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, and determining the affinity relationship between the i^(th)physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs 1101, where the i^(th)physical interrupt can be processed by the U target pCPUs 1101. Theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 and the i^(th)physical interrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs1101 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt may be preset and stored,and then when a physical interrupt occurs, a corresponding pCPU and vCPUmay be found according to the stored affinity relationships to processthe physical interrupt and a virtual interrupt, or when the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 and the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1101 andthe V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt are set, a corresponding pCPU1101 and vCPU may be found according to these affinity relationships toprocess a corresponding physical interrupt and virtual interrupt. Inthis case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process the i^(th) virtualinterrupt corresponding to the i^(th) physical interrupt runs on alimited number of determined pCPUs 1101 instead of running on any pCPU1101 at the physical hardware layer when the i^(th) physical interruptoccurs, and may run on the n^(th) pCPU 1101 that processes the i^(th)physical interrupt.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs1101 (in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th)physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs 1101 is a one-to-many affinityrelationship), in an aspect of determining the m^(th) vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs, the host is further configured to determine whether thereis at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU 1101, and determine one target vCPU running on the n^(th)pCPU 1101 as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one target vCPU ofthe V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1101, or determine onetarget vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to apriority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1101. In this case, if a vCPUthat is used to process a virtual interrupt runs on a pCPU 1101 that isused to process a physical interrupt, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI thatis caused because a pCPU 1101 on which a vCPU runs is different from apCPU 1101 in which a physical interrupt occurs may not occur. Thepriority sequence may be preset priorities of the V target vCPUs.Selection of the priorities may also be determined using a round-robinpolicy, to ensure that a probability of selecting each target vCPU isthe same. Therefore, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused becausea pCPU 1101 with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU 1101 that isused to process a physical interrupt corresponding to a virtualinterrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be avoided to a greatestextent, thereby effectively reducing the number of times of contextswitches, and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU 1101.

Further, in an aspect of determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1101, thehost is further configured to determine, according to virtual interruptroute information, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1101, where the virtualinterrupt route information includes a correspondence between the Utarget pCPUs 1101 and target vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs 1101.In this way, the host can easily and quickly determine whether them^(th) vCPU runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1101.

FIG. 12 is a structural block diagram of another computing nodeaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. A computing node1200 shown in FIG. 12 can execute all steps shown in FIG. 6. Thecomputing node 1200 includes X pCPUs 1201, a memory 1202 that isconnected to the X pCPUs 1201, where one or more pCPUs 1201 of the Xphysical central processing units pCPUs 1201 are configured to invoke orexecute an operation instruction stored in the memory 1202, a host, YVMs, Y vhost kernel threads, and virtual hardware that is virtualized onthe at least one VM, where the virtual hardware includes Z vCPUs, eachVM of the Y VMs includes a virtio device, the Y VMs include the k^(th)VM, the k^(th) VM includes the i^(th) virtio device, and the i^(th)virtio device corresponds to the j^(th) vhost kernel thread of the Yvhost kernel threads, and the host is configured to determine the n^(th)pCPU 1201 from U target pCPUs 1201 when the j^(th) vhost kernel threadtriggers the i^(th) vhost thread, where the U target pCPUs 1201 arepCPUs 1201 that have an affinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhostthread and V target vCPUs, the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with avirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, the virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, the XpCPUs 1201 include the U target pCPUs 1201, and the Z vCPUs include theV target vCPUs, use the n^(th) pCPU 1201 to process the i^(th) vhostthread, determine the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio deviceaccording to the i^(th) vhost thread, and determine the m^(th) vCPU fromthe V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU toexecute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, where X, Y,and Z are positive integers greater than 1, U is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, V is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, and i,j, k, m, and n are positive integers.

According to the computing node 1200 in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers the i^(th)vhost thread, the n^(th) pCPU 1201 is determined from U target pCPUs1201, where the U target pCPUs 1201 are pCPUs 1201 that have an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V target vCPUs, the Vtarget vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and have anaffinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device corresponds tothe i^(th) vhost thread, the X pCPUs 1201 include the U target pCPUs1201, and the Z vCPUs include the V target vCPUs, the n^(th) pCPU 1201is used to process the i^(th) vhost thread, the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device is determined according to the i^(th) vhost thread,and the m^(th) vCPU is determined from the V target vCPUs such that thek^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device. Therefore, according to the computing node 1200shown in FIG. 12, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused because apCPU 1201 with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU 1201 that isused to process a vhost thread corresponding to a virtual interrupt of avirtio device that is processed by the vCPU can be effectively avoided,thereby effectively reducing the number of times of context switches,and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU 1201.

Optionally, as an embodiment, the host is further configured todetermine the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 andthe i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs 1201 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship betweenthe V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicein the following manners. Determining the affinity relationship betweenthe V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on thek^(th) VM and can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, determining the U target pCPUs 1201, where the V target vCPUscan run on the U target pCPUs 1201, and U is equal to 1, determining thei^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device, and determining the affinity relationship between thei^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs 1201, where the i^(th) vhostthread can be processed by the U target pCPUs 1201. The affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 and the i^(th) vhostthread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 andthe V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device may bepreset and stored, and then when a vhost thread occurs, a correspondingpCPU 1201 and vCPU may be found according to the stored affinityrelationships to process the vhost thread and a virtual interrupt of avirtio device, or when the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs 1201 and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs 1201 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of thei^(th) virtio device are set, a corresponding pCPU 1201 and vCPU may befound according to these affinity relationships to process acorresponding vhost thread and a corresponding virtual interrupt of avirtio device. In this case, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to process thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on the n^(th) pCPU1201 that processes the i^(th) vhost thread when the i^(th) vhost threadoccurs, where the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicecorresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Optionally, as another embodiment, the host is further configured todetermine the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 andthe i^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs 1201 and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship betweenthe V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicein the following manners. Determining the affinity relationship betweenthe V target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, where the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on thek^(th) VM and can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, determining the U target pCPUs 1201, where the V target vCPUscan run on the multiple target pCPUs 1201, and U is a positive integergreater than 1 and less than or equal to X, determining the i^(th) vhostthread corresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, and determining the affinity relationship between the i^(th)vhost thread and the U target pCPUs 1201, where the i^(th) vhost threadcan be processed by the U target pCPUs 1201. The affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs 1201 and the i^(th) vhost thread, theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 and the V targetvCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device may be preset and stored,and then when a vhost thread occurs, a corresponding pCPU 1201 and vCPUmay be found according to the stored affinity relationships to processthe vhost thread and a virtual interrupt of a virtio device, or when theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201 and the i^(th)vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs 1201and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device areset, a corresponding pCPU 1201 and vCPU may be found according to theseaffinity relationships to process a corresponding vhost thread and acorresponding virtual interrupt of a virtio device. In this case, whenthe i^(th) vhost thread occurs, the m^(th) vCPU that is used to processthe virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device runs on a limitednumber of determined pCPUs 1201 instead of running on any pCPU 1201 atthe physical hardware layer, and may run on the n^(th) pCPU 1201 thatprocesses the i^(th) vhost thread, where the virtual interrupt of thevirtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread.

Further, when the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs1201 (in other words, when the affinity relationship between the i^(th)vhost thread and the U target pCPUs 1201 is a one-to-many affinityrelationship), in an aspect of determining the m^(th) vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs, the host is further configured to determine whether thereis at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU 1201, and determine one target vCPU running on the n^(th)pCPU 1201 as the m^(th) vCPU such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device whenthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU 1201, or determine one target vCPU from the V target vCPUsas the m^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence such that the k^(th)VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device when there is not at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1201. In this case, if a vCPU that isused to process a virtual interrupt of a virtio device runs on a pCPU1201 that is used to process a vhost thread, VM-Exit due to an extra IPIthat is caused because a pCPU 1201 on which a vCPU runs is differentfrom a pCPU 1201 that processes a vhost thread may not occur. Thepriority sequence may be preset priorities of the V target vCPUs.Selection of the priorities may also be determined using a round-robinpolicy, to ensure that a probability of selecting each target vCPU isthe same. Therefore, VM-Exit due to an extra IPI that is caused becausea pCPU 1201 with which a vCPU has an affinity is not a pCPU 1201 that isused to process a physical interrupt corresponding to a virtualinterrupt that is processed by the vCPU can be avoided to a greatestextent, thereby effectively reducing the number of times of contextswitches, and reducing interference caused by a VM to a pCPU 1201.

Further, in an aspect of determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1201, thehost is configured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation of a virtio device, whether there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1201, where thevirtual interrupt route information of the virtio device includes acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs 1201 and target vCPUs runningon the U target pCPUs 1201. In this way, the host can easily and quicklydetermine whether the m^(th) vCPU runs on the n^(th) pCPU 1201.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some ofthe processes of the methods in the foregoing embodiments may beimplemented by a computer program instructing relevant hardware (forexample, a processor). The program may be stored in a computer-readablestorage medium. The processes of the methods in the foregoingembodiments are performed when the program runs. The storage medium mayinclude a magnetic disc, an optical disc, a read-only memory (ROM), or arandom access memory (RAM).

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronichardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware or softwaredepends on particular applications and design constraint conditions ofthe technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use differentmethods to implement the described functions for each particularapplication, but it should not be considered that such implementationgoes beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may bemade to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, itshould be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and methodmay be implemented in other manners. For example, the describedapparatus embodiment is merely exemplary. For example, the unit divisionis merely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, multiple units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on multiplenetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit.

The functions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium whenthe functions are implemented in the form of a software functional unitand sold or used as an independent product. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosureessentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or some of thetechnical solutions may be implemented in the form of a softwareproduct. The software product is stored in a storage medium and includesseveral instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be apersonal computer, a server, or a network device) or a processor toexecute all or some of the steps of the methods described in theembodiments of the present disclosure. The foregoing storage mediumincludes any medium that can store program code, such as a universalserial bus (USB) flash drive, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, amagnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementation manners ofthe present disclosure, but are not intended to limit the protectionscope of the present disclosure. Any variation or replacement readilyfigured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scopedisclosed in the present disclosure shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of thepresent disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of theclaims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for processing an interrupt by avirtualization platform, wherein the method is applied to a computingnode, wherein the computing node comprises a physical hardware layer, ahost running at the physical hardware layer, at least one virtualmachine (VM) running on the host, and virtual hardware that isvirtualized on the at least one VM, wherein the physical hardware layercomprises X physical central processing units (pCPUs) and Y physicalinput/output devices, wherein the virtual hardware comprises Z virtualcentral processing units (vCPUs), wherein the Y physical input/outputdevices comprise a j^(th) physical input/output device, wherein the atleast one VM comprises a k^(th) VM, wherein the j^(th) physicalinput/output device directs to the k^(th) VM, wherein the method isexecuted by the host, and wherein the method comprises: determining ann^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when an i^(th) physical interrupt occursin the j^(th) physical input/output device, wherein the U target pCPUsare pCPUs that comprise an affinity relationship with both the i^(th)physical interrupt and V target vCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and comprise an affinityrelationship with an i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the i^(th)virtual interrupt corresponds to the i^(th) physical interrupt, whereinthe X pCPUs comprise the U target pCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUscomprise the V target vCPUs; setting the n^(th) pCPU to process thei^(th) physical interrupt; determining the i^(th) virtual interruptaccording to the i^(th) physical interrupt; and determining an m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th)vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, wherein U is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, wherein V is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z,and wherein i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt are determined in the following manners: determining theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt; determiningthe U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on the U targetpCPUs, wherein U is equal to 1; determining the i^(th) physicalinterrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt; and determiningthe affinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and theU target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processedby the U target pCPUs.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) physicalinterrupt, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and theV target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUsand the i^(th) virtual interrupt are determined in the followingmanners: determining the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th)virtual interrupt; determining the U target pCPUs, wherein the V targetvCPUs can run on multiple target pCPUs, and wherein U is a positiveinteger greater than 1 and less than or equal to X; determining thei^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt;and determining the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs.
 4. The method according to claim3, wherein when the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs is a one-to-many affinity relationship,determining the m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs comprises:determining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; determining one target vCPU runningon the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; and determiningone target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according toa priority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.
 5. The method according toclaim 4, wherein determining whether there is at least one target vCPUof the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU comprisesdetermining, according to virtual interrupt route information, whetherthere is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU, wherein the virtual interrupt route information comprises acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs.
 6. A method for processing an interrupt by avirtualization platform, wherein the method is applied to a computingnode, wherein the computing node comprises a physical hardware layer, ahost running at the physical hardware layer, Y virtual machines (VMs)running on the host, Y virtual host (vhost) kernel threads running onthe host, and virtual hardware that is virtualized on the Y VMs, whereinthe physical hardware layer comprises X physical central processingunits (pCPUs), wherein the virtual hardware comprises Z virtual centralprocessing units (vCPUs), wherein each VM of the Y VMs comprises aparavirtualized driver (virtio device), wherein the Y VMs comprise ak^(th) VM, wherein the k^(th) VM comprises an i^(th) virtio device,wherein the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to a i^(th) vhost kernelthread of the Y vhost kernel threads, wherein the method is executed bythe host, and wherein the method comprises: determining an n^(th) pCPUfrom U target pCPUs when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers ani^(th) vhost thread, wherein the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that comprisean affinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V targetvCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on thek^(th) VM and comprise an affinity relationship with a virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device, wherein the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, wherein the XpCPUs comprise the U target pCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUs comprise theV target vCPUs; setting the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) vhostthread; determining the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio deviceaccording to the i^(th) vhost thread; and determining an m^(th) vCPUfrom the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU toexecute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, wherein X, Y,and Z are positive integers greater than 1, wherein U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, whereinV is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to Z, and wherein i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.
 7. Themethod according to claim 6, wherein the affinity relationship betweenthe U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device are determined in the followingmanners: determining the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and an i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs arevCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; determining the U target pCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, wherein U isequal to 1; determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; and determining theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U targetpCPUs, wherein the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U targetpCPUs.
 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhost thread, theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs,and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device are determined in the followingmanners: determining the affinity relationship between the V targetvCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, wherein theV target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and canprocess the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; determiningthe U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on the multipletarget pCPUs, wherein U is a positive integer greater than 1 and lessthan or equal to X; determining the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding tothe virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; and determining theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U targetpCPUs, wherein the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U targetpCPUs.
 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein when the affinityrelationship between the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs is aone-to-many affinity relationship, determining the m^(th) vCPU from theV target vCPUs comprises: determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU;determining one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th)vCPU when there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU; or determining one target vCPU from the Vtarget vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequence whenthere is not at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs onthe n^(th) pCPU.
 10. The method according to claim 9, whereindetermining whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU comprises determining, according tovirtual interrupt route information of a virtio device, whether there isat least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th)pCPU, wherein the virtual interrupt route information of the virtiodevice comprises a correspondence between the U target pCPUs and targetvCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.
 11. A host applied to a computingnode, wherein the computing node comprises a physical hardware layer,the host running at the physical hardware layer, at least one virtualmachine (VM) running on the host, and virtual hardware that isvirtualized on the at least one VM, wherein the physical hardware layercomprises X physical central processing units (pCPUs) and Y physicalinput/output devices, wherein the virtual hardware comprises Z virtualcentral processing units (vCPUs), wherein the Y physical input/outputdevices comprise a j^(th) physical input/output device, wherein the atleast one VM comprises a k^(th) VM, wherein the j^(th) physicalinput/output device directs to the k^(th) VM, and wherein the hostcomprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory andconfigured to: determine an n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when ani^(th) physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/outputdevice, wherein the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that comprise an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and comprise an affinity relationship with an i^(th) virtualinterrupt, wherein the i^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to thei^(th) physical interrupt, wherein the X pCPUs comprise the U targetpCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUs comprise the V target vCPUs; set then^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physical interrupt; determine thei^(th) virtual interrupt according to the i^(th) physical interrupt; anddetermine an m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein X,Y, and Z are positive integers greater than 1, wherein U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, whereinV is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to Z, and wherein i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.
 12. Thehost according to claim 11, wherein processor is further configured to:determine the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and thei^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that arevirtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtualinterrupt; determine the U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs canrun on the U target pCPUs, wherein U is equal to 1; determine the i^(th)physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt; anddetermine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) physicalinterrupt and the U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) physical interruptcan be processed by the U target pCPUs.
 13. The host according to claim11, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized onthe k^(th) VM and can process the i^(th) virtual interrupt; determinethe U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on multipletarget pCPUs, and wherein U is a positive integer greater than 1 andless than or equal to X; determine the i^(th) physical interruptcorresponding to the i^(th) virtual interrupt; and determine theaffinity relationship between the i^(th) physical interrupt and the Utarget pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed bythe U target pCPUs.
 14. The host according to claim 13, wherein theprocessor is further configured to: determine whether there is at leastone target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU;determine one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPUsuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th)virtual interrupt when there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; and determine one target vCPU fromthe V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according to a priority sequencesuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th)virtual interrupt when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.
 15. The host according toclaim 14, wherein determining whether there is at least one target vCPUof the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the processor isfurther configured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherein the virtual interrupt routeinformation comprises a correspondence between the U target pCPUs andtarget vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.
 16. A host applied to acomputing node, wherein the computing node comprises a physical hardwarelayer, the host running at the physical hardware layer, Y virtualmachines (VMs) running on the host, Y virtual host (vhost) kernelthreads running on the host, and virtual hardware that is virtualized onthe Y VMs, wherein the physical hardware layer comprises X physicalcentral processing units (pCPUs), wherein the virtual hardware comprisesZ virtual central processing units (vCPUs), wherein each VM of the Y VMscomprises a paravirtualized driver (virtio device), wherein the Y VMscomprise a k^(th) VM, wherein the k^(th) VM comprises an i^(th) virtiodevice, wherein the i^(th) virtio device corresponds to a j^(th) vhostkernel thread of the Y vhost kernel threads, and wherein the hostcomprises: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory andconfigured to: determine an n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when thej^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers an i^(th) vhost thread, wherein theU target pCPUs are pCPUs that comprise an affinity relationship withboth the i^(th) vhost thread and V target vCPUs, wherein the V targetvCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and comprise anaffinity relationship with a virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice, wherein the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio devicecorresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, wherein the X pCPUs comprise theU target pCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUs comprise the V target vCPUs; setthe n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) vhost thread; determine thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device according to the i^(th)vhost thread; and determine an m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs suchthat the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device, wherein X, Y, and Z are positive integersgreater than 1, wherein U is a positive integer greater than or equal to1 and less than or equal to X, wherein V is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z, and wherein i, j, k, m,and n are positive integers.
 17. The host according to claim 16, whereinthe processor is further configured to: determine the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and an i^(th) virtual interrupt,wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device;determine the U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on theU target pCPUs, wherein U is equal to 1; determine the i^(th) vhostthread corresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice; and determine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhostthread and the U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) vhost thread can beprocessed by the U target pCPUs.
 18. The host according to claim 16,wherein the processor is further configured to: determine the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and an i^(th) virtual interrupt,wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device;determine the U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on themultiple target pCPUs, and wherein U is a positive integer greater than1 and less than or equal to X; determine the i^(th) vhost threadcorresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; anddetermine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhost thread andthe U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) vhost thread can be processed bythe U target pCPUs.
 19. The host according to claim 18, wherein theprocessor is further configured to: determine whether there is at leastone target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU;determine one target vCPU running on the n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPUsuch that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device when there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; and determineone target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according toa priority sequence such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU toexecute the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device when there isnot at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on then^(th) pCPU.
 20. The host according to claim 19, wherein determiningwhether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUs thatruns on the n^(th) pCPU, the processor is further configured todetermine, according to virtual interrupt route information of a virtiodevice, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V target vCPUsthat runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherein the virtual interrupt routeinformation of the virtio device comprises a correspondence between theU target pCPUs and target vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.
 21. Acomputing node, comprising: Y physical input/output devices, wherein theY physical input/output devices comprise a j^(th) physical input/outputdevice; X physical central processing units (pCPUs); a memory that isconnected to each of the X pCPUs and each of the Y physical input/outputdevices, wherein one or more pCPUs of the X pCPUs are configured toinvoke or execute an operation instruction stored in the memory; a host;at least one virtual machine (VM); and virtual hardware that isvirtualized on the at least one VM, wherein the virtual hardwarecomprises Z virtual central processing units (vCPUs), wherein the atleast one VM comprises a k^(th) VM, wherein the j^(th) physicalinput/output device directs to the k^(th) VM, wherein the host isconfigured to: determine an n^(th) pCPU from U target pCPUs when ani^(th) physical interrupt occurs in the j^(th) physical input/outputdevice, wherein the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that comprise an affinityrelationship with both the i^(th) physical interrupt and V target vCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and comprise an affinity relationship with an i^(th) virtualinterrupt, wherein the i^(th) virtual interrupt corresponds to thei^(th) physical interrupt, wherein the X pCPUs comprise the U targetpCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUs comprise the V target vCPUs; set then^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) physical interrupt; determine thei^(th) virtual interrupt according to the i^(th) physical interrupt; anddetermine an m^(th) vCPU from the V target vCPUs such that the k^(th) VMuses the m^(th) vCPU to execute the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein X,Y, and Z are positive integers greater than 1, wherein U is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, whereinV is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than orequal to Z, and wherein i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.
 22. Thecomputing node according to claim 21, wherein the host is furtherconfigured to determine the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinity relationshipbetween the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinityrelationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interruptin the following manners: determine the affinity relationship betweenthe V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the Vtarget vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and canprocess the i^(th) virtual interrupt; determine the U target pCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs can run on the U target pCPUs, wherein U isequal to 1; determine the i^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to thei^(th) virtual interrupt; and determine the affinity relationshipbetween the i^(th) physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs, whereinthe i^(th) physical interrupt can be processed by the U target pCPUs.23. The computing node according to claim 21, wherein the host isfurther configured to determine the affinity relationship between the Utarget pCPUs and the i^(th) physical interrupt, the affinityrelationship between the U target pCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and theaffinity relationship between the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtualinterrupt in the following manners: determine the affinity relationshipbetween the V target vCPUs and the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein theV target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and canprocess the i^(th) virtual interrupt; determine the U target pCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs can run on multiple target pCPUs, and whereinU is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X;determine the i^(th) physical interrupt corresponding to the i^(th)virtual interrupt; and determine the affinity relationship between thei^(th) physical interrupt and the U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th)physical interrupt can be processed by the U target pCPUs.
 24. Thecomputing node according to claim 23, wherein determining the m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs, the host is further configured to:determine whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; determine one target vCPU running onthe n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; and determineone target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according toa priority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.
 25. The computing nodeaccording to claim 24, wherein determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the hostis further configured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation, whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherein the virtual interrupt routeinformation comprises a correspondence between the U target pCPUs andtarget vCPUs running on the U target pCPUs.
 26. A computing node,comprising: X physical central processing units (pCPUs); a memory thatis connected to the X pCPUs, wherein one or more pCPUs of the X pCPUsare configured to invoke or execute an operation instruction stored inthe memory; a host; Y virtual machines (VMs); Y virtual host (vhost)kernel threads; and virtual hardware that is virtualized on the Y VMs,wherein the virtual hardware comprises Z virtual central processingunits (vCPUs), wherein each VM of the Y VMs comprises a paravirtualizeddriver (virtio device), wherein the Y VMs comprise a k^(th) VM, whereinthe k^(th) VM comprises an i^(th) virtio device, wherein the i^(th)virtio device corresponds to a j^(th) vhost kernel thread of the Y vhostkernel threads, wherein the host is configured to: determine an n^(th)pCPU from U target pCPUs when the j^(th) vhost kernel thread triggers ani^(th) vhost thread, wherein the U target pCPUs are pCPUs that have anaffinity relationship with both the i^(th) vhost thread and V targetvCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on thek^(th) VM and have an affinity relationship with a virtual interrupt ofthe i^(th) virtio device, wherein the virtual interrupt of the i^(th)virtio device corresponds to the i^(th) vhost thread, wherein the XpCPUs comprise the U target pCPUs, and wherein the Z vCPUs comprise theV target vCPUs; set the n^(th) pCPU to process the i^(th) thread;determine the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device according tothe i^(th) vhost thread; and determine an m^(th) vCPU from the V targetvCPUs such that the k^(th) VM uses the m^(th) vCPU to execute thevirtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device, wherein X, Y, and Z arepositive integers greater than 1, wherein U is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to X, wherein V is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to Z,and wherein i, j, k, m, and n are positive integers.
 27. The computingnode according to claim 26, wherein the host is further configured todetermine the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and thei^(th) vhost thread, the affinity relationship between the U targetpCPUs and the V target vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between theV target vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device inthe following manners: determine the affinity relationship between the Vtarget vCPUs and the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device,wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUs that are virtualized on the k^(th)VM and can process the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device;determine the U target pCPUs, wherein the V target vCPUs can run on theU target pCPUs, wherein U is equal to 1; determine the i^(th) vhostthread corresponding to the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtiodevice; and determine the affinity relationship between the i^(th) vhostthread and the U target pCPUs, wherein the i^(th) vhost thread can beprocessed by the U target pCPUs.
 28. The computing node according toclaim 26, wherein the host is further configured to determine theaffinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the i^(th) vhostthread, the affinity relationship between the U target pCPUs and the Vtarget vCPUs, and the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUsand the virtual interrupt of the i^(th) virtio device in the followingmanners: determine the affinity relationship between the V target vCPUsand the i^(th) virtual interrupt, wherein the V target vCPUs are vCPUsthat are virtualized on the k^(th) VM and can process the virtualinterrupt of the i^(th) virtio device; determine the U target pCPUs,wherein the V target vCPUs can run on the multiple target pCPUs, whereinU is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to X;determine the i^(th) vhost thread corresponding to the virtual interruptof the i^(th) virtio device; and determine the affinity relationshipbetween the i^(th) vhost thread and the U target pCPUs, wherein thei^(th) vhost thread can be processed by the U target pCPUs.
 29. Thecomputing node according to claim 28, wherein determining the m^(th)vCPU from the V target vCPUs, the host is further configured to:determine whether there is at least one target vCPU of the V targetvCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; determine one target vCPU running onthe n^(th) pCPU as the m^(th) vCPU when there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU; and determineone target vCPU from the V target vCPUs as the m^(th) vCPU according toa priority sequence when there is not at least one target vCPU of the Vtarget vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU.
 30. The computing nodeaccording to claim 29, wherein determining whether there is at least onetarget vCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, the hostis further configured to determine, according to virtual interrupt routeinformation of a virtio device, whether there is at least one targetvCPU of the V target vCPUs that runs on the n^(th) pCPU, wherein thevirtual interrupt route information of the virtio device comprises acorrespondence between the U target pCPUs and target vCPUs running onthe U target pCPUs.